RPC VII.1, 226

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 226
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Saitta
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΦΟΥΡ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ ϹΑ
Nominative Furia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ϹΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ ΕΡΜΟϹ
Reverse design river god Hermos sitting left, holding reed and resting on water urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 13 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3–4, 6: same pair of dies. 5, 7–9: same pair of dies. 1, 3–9: same obv. die as 227/1–19, 242.1/1–5 (Sardis), 242.2/6–9 (Sardis), 243/1–10 (Sardis).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 19523
2 2     Turin Fabretti 4387
3 3     Mu SNG 447
4 4     P: 1093 Wa 5195
5 5     B: von Knobelsdorf
6 6     MünzZentrum 72, 1991, lot 641
7 7     B: Löbb.
8 8     Helios Numismatik 3, 29 Apr. 2009, lot 501 = Hirsch 196, 1997, lot 873
9 9     Hirsch 204, 1999, lot 771
10 10     ✸ Rauch 94, 9 Apr. 2014, lot 564
11 11     Plankenhorn coll.
12 12     Izmir SNG 606
13 13     B. Michaux coll. = N&N Green IV, 16 Dec. 2022, lot 354